Thank you to everyone who came out and celebrated our 7th annual NYC Tecmo Super Bowl tournament in Queens. Congrats to Kevin for going undefeated on the day and taking home the first place trophy! I felt like this year had some of the fiercest all-around competition that the tournament has ever had. The top 8 finishers were:
1) Kevin S (tadaos)
2) Matt D (Matty D)
3) Shawn S (stalltalk)
4) Erik M (arncoem)
Rounding out the top eight were Jim T (powerade), Chris B (Barletti), Brian R (BadMoonRison), Umberto R (discdolo)
This marks the first time that a NYC Tournament ended on an Overtime game, with Kevin's Browns victorious over Matty's Packers, 13-10. All top 8 seeds advanced to the Elite 8, which may also be the first time that has happened in NYC Tourney history!
Raffle winners!: Matt B, Anthony M, Mike Mac, and Justin A
Tournament bracket and game results are here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ex-dvO5LMKVUGCmcTmYzYlfnS7Ws52hma4h78YYx-kM
Photos:

I'm happy to share some of this year's raffle prizes. Special thanks to George, Scott, and Patrick with their donations this year!
#12 Jersey: QB from some NY team
Autographed OJ Anderson glossy
RetroN HD: Play NES games on HDTV!

The New York City Tecmo Super Bowl Tournament 2017
When: Saturday, October 21st, 2017- Setup and registration starts @ 10:00 AM EST; Play will start @ 11:00 AM EST. Location: Raven's Head Public House, 3804 Broadway, Astoria, NY 11103
(Approx. 15 minutes from Midtown Manhattan, Uptown R train to Steinway Street in Queens)
Website: http://www.ravensheadpublichouse.com/ Desired Number of Participants: 32-48 Buy-in: $30 entry, 20% off via online registration before Oct. 9 Equipment: We need Nintendos, TVs, Controllers, Carts! If you are able to bring any of these in working condition, please let us know what you can bring and how many of each. If you are able to provide any television sets, please let us know the size and any kind of hookup (RF Switch/AV Cable). Tourney Format: Group play will include a minimum of 4 players in each group playing one another in round-robin format. Once group play is completed, all players move on to the bracket and are seeded according to their finish in their group standings and record. The bottom half of the field plays each other in the first round of the bracket. All other players with better records get BYEs. The better you do in group play, the more BYEs you may receive (for some, it may be at least two or three BYEs). The Single Elimination Bracket will decide who will be the NYC Tecmo Super Bowl Champion! Prizes: Trophies and cash prizes will be awarded to top three participants. All participants will be eligible to win raffle prizes throughout the day! How to Register: Register online at northeasttecmo.com! Tournament entry is $30, but if you pre-register and pay online through Paypal before October 9th, you will receive a 20% discount!
Questions: Feel free to post questions about the tournament below or you can direct them to NYTecmo@tecmobowl.org
Come celebrate seven straight Octobers of Tecmo in Queens at Raven's Head on October 21st!
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The New York City Tecmo Super Bowl Tournament 2017
When: Saturday, October 21st, 2017- Setup and registration starts @ 10:00 AM EST; Play will start @ 11:00 AM EST. Location: Raven's Head Public House, 3804 Broadway, Astoria, NY 11103
(Approx. 15 minutes from Midtown Manhattan, Uptown R train to Steinway Street in Queens)
Website: http://www.ravensheadpublichouse.com/ Desired Number of Participants: 32-48 Buy-in: $30 entry, 20% off via online registration before Oct. 9 Equipment: We need Nintendos, TVs, Controllers, Carts! If you are able to bring any of these in working condition, please let us know what you can bring and how many of each. If you are able to provide any television sets, please let us know the size and any kind of hookup (RF Switch/AV Cable). Tourney Format: Group play will include a minimum of 4 players in each group playing one another in round-robin format. Once group play is completed, all players move on to the bracket and are seeded according to their finish in their group standings and record. The bottom half of the field plays each other in the first round of the bracket. All other players with better records get BYEs. The better you do in group play, the more BYEs you may receive (for some, it may be at least two or three BYEs). The Single Elimination Bracket will decide who will be the NYC Tecmo Super Bowl Champion! Prizes: Trophies and cash prizes will be awarded to top three participants. All participants will be eligible to win raffle prizes throughout the day! How to Register: Register online at northeasttecmo.com! Tournament entry is $30, but if you pre-register and pay online through Paypal before October 9th, you will receive a 20% discount!
Questions: Feel free to post questions about the tournament below or you can direct them to NYTecmo@tecmobowl.org
Come celebrate seven straight Octobers of Tecmo in Queens at Raven's Head on October 21st!

Thanks to all who came out on Saturday to play in the second LI Retro Tecmo Super Bowl tournament! The Expo was amazing and so was the Tecmo. Your top finishers were:
1st: Matt D
2nd: Erik M
3rd: Kevin S
Special shoutout to Chris B who finished 4th in his first tournament and Greg L who took home 5th in his best finish to date. Also special thanks to the NHL 94 crew for working with us and letting us borrow a couple of TVs for the opening rounds. Picture of the finals below (MIA vs SD):
Northeast Tecmo lives again! On to NYC in October!

http://expo.liretro.com/
When: Saturday, August 12th, 2017- Registration starts @ 10:00 AM EST; Setup starts @ 11:00 AM; Play will start @ 12:00 PM EST. Location: Cradle of Aviation Museum, Charles Lindbergh Blvd, Garden City, NY 11530
Desired Number of Participants: 32 Sign-Up: https://smash.gg/tournament/long-island-retro-gaming-expo/register
Tournament is Free for first time tournament players; $15 cash buy-in for anyone who has participated in a Tecmo tournament before
Tourney Format: Format will likely be double elimination. All rookie players will be randomly assigned another rookie player and all tournament veterans assigned a tournament vet for the first round as space permits. All winners of first round matchup will be randomly assigned another winner of a first round matchup (same for loser’s bracket). Each round will be randomly assigned until only one Champion remains! Prizes: Cash prizes will be awarded to top three participants. All participants will be eligible to win a raffle prize just for entering. Top first time player will receive one free future entry into any Northeast Tecmo Tournament!
Equipment: We need Nintendos, TVs, Controllers, Carts! If you are able to bring any of these in working condition, please let us know what you can bring and how many of each. If you are able to provide any television sets, please let us know the size and any kind of hookup (RF Switch/AV Cable). How to Register: Register here: https://smash.gg/tournament/long-island-retro-gaming-expo/register
Team Selection for Each Matchup: A coin will be flipped before each game. The coin-flip winner will choose the matchup (i.e. the two teams). The coin-flip loser then selects either (a) one of the two teams or (b) his preferred controller. If the coin-flip loser selects his preferred controller, the coin-flip winner selects a team first.
Note about Matchups: The coin-flip winner can only select a particular matchup once throughout the entire tournament. For instance, if Player A wins the toss and selects Rams-Broncos, Player A cannot call that exact matchup for the rest of the tournament. Player B, however, is free to select that matchup later in the tournament.
Rules:
Equipment Failure: If equipment fails during the game, games will be replayed from the start unless it is halftime. After halftime, scores are taken from the half and another half is played. Scores from each half are added together to form final score. Ties are allowed in pool play. If the game is tied in elimination play, then a new game is started with the first person to score being the winner. Any malfunction caused by human error may result in an automatic forfeit due to the discretion of the tournament organizers. Onside Kicks: Onside Kicks are okay anytime (aka, "at your own risk"). Lurching: Lurching is not allowed (dive tackling over the line of scrimmage with a DL). DL use is allowed, but you must either go outside the Offensive Tackle or grapple an OL to rush. WR/TE at RB: Running the ball with a WR or TE from the RB position is prohibited. WRs or TEs are allowed to run the ball on reverses.
Questions: Feel free to post questions about the tournament below or you can direct them to NYTecmo at tecmobowl.org

I want to express my sincerest gratitude to everyone who came out this year. As some of you know, we lost our space 6 days before the tournament, a place we had been hosting the tournament for the last 5 years. Getting that e-mail Sunday night from our former venue simultaneously angered me and made me feel panicked. I nearly cancelled the tournament. But I remembered that the Tecmo must go on! I reached out to a few of the NY guys who have been very involved in the meetups--Ryan @hoigaard, Patrick, Scott, Matt @deadfaulkner--and they helped me sort through what to do. We were able to come together and book a space within the next 24 hours. And it ended up being one of our best tournaments yet.
This experience made me reflect a bit on the Tecmo scene, what it has become, places I've gone to, people that I've met in the Northeast and across the country. And I feel very blessed to have shared many of the thrilling and exciting experiences I've had with all you guys. I've come to know many of you more than just from your Tecmo play. And I am seriously bummed that @arncoem won't be having the CT tourney this year, but I guess there's always next year. Anyway, I could go on and on with all this mushy stuff, but I'll stop here.
I'll be posting my experience of my games and tourney day shortly. Thank you to all who came and made it a great day in Tecmo.
In the meanwhile, here are some photos: https://www.facebook.com/NYTecmo/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1915919231964190

To All Participants:
Our location for this year's tournament has changed! If you have already signed up, you should have received an e-mail already. Here is the new location:
Location: Raven's Head Public House, 3804 Broadway, Astoria, NY 11103
(Approx. 15 minutes from Midtown Manhattan, Uptown R train to Steinway Street in Queens)
Website: http://www.ravensheadpublichouse.com/
This should not affect anyone's travel plans as the new venue is only 5 blocks away. We will have our own private room in "The Attic."
I'll be getting groups out in the next couple of days! If you have not signed up, please do so! The field this year is currently just under 30. If you are traveling with someone, let me know who so I don't place you guys in the same group.